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https://www.uspsoig.gov
Abbreviation
USPS
Agencies
U.S. Postal Service
Postal Regulatory Commission
Federal Agency
Yes
Location

United States

What to Report to the OIG Hotline

The USPS OIG Hotline will take complaints regarding fraud, waste, and misconduct within the Postal Service. These include: - Injury compensation fraud - Embezzlements and financial crimes - Contract Fraud - Kickbacks - Computer Crimes - Narcotics - Employee Misconduct - Internal affairs and executive investigations - Whistleblower reprisal - Theft of items from the mail by Postal employees or contractors - Destruction of mail by Postal employees or contractors

What Not to Report to the OIG Hotline

The following matters are NOT generally investigated by the USPS OIG: - Daily mail delivery and tracking problems - Post Office customer service issues and concerns. If you have a customer service issue, please contact USPS. - Day-to-day management decisions - EEO Complaints - Issues that are handled by the grievance process - Issues handled by other government agencies such as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Department of Labor, Justice - Department, Office of Personnel Management - Employee benefits and compensation For help on these and other issues not listed please visit https://www.uspsoig.gov/hotline-helpful-links

Hotline Page
https://www.uspsoig.gov/form/file-online-complaint
Whistleblower Protection Page
https://www.uspsoig.gov/whistleblower-retaliation-faq

United States Postal Worker Arrested for Stealing Postal Money Orders

United States Postal Worker Arrested for Stealing Postal Money Orders
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

United States Postal Worker Arrested for Stealing Postal Money Orders A criminal complaint was unsealed today in federal court in Brooklyn charging United States Postal Service (USPS) worker Jaleesa Wallace with stealing blank postal money orders and unemployment benefits cards. Wallace was arrested,,,

City Carrier Cost System

2021
21-036-R21
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

The City Carrier Cost System (CCCS) is a statistical study of mail delivered on city carrier routes. For each selected route, a data collection technician selects a sample of mail to be delivered on the scheduled test date. The technician records the mail class, product type, and other...

Stamps, Money Orders, and Cash – Las Vegas, NV, James Brown Jr. Station

2021
21-170-R21
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

OIG data analytics identified this site as having large retail floor stamp inventory count shortages and one overage from October 1, 2019 through April 30, 2021. Retail associates who work at window services are not assigned a stamp stock inventory and instead work from a shared retail floor stamp...

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft from Paulina Post Office

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft from Paulina Post Office
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Former Postal Worker Pleads Guilty to Mail Theft from Paulina Post Office NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – U.S. Attorney Duane A. Evans announced that LACEY STEWART, age 35, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana pled guilty as charged to a one count Bill of Information on June 29, 2021. She was charged in 2021 by a,,,

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Stealing $24 Million in COVID-19 Relief Money Through Fraud Scheme that Used Synthetic Identities

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Stealing $24 Million in COVID-19 Relief Money Through Fraud Scheme that Used Synthetic Identities
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Stealing $24 Million in COVID-19 Relief Money Through Fraud Scheme that Used Synthetic Identities Miami, Fl. -- Today, Hasan Hakim Brown, 45, pled guilty in Ft. Lauderdale federal district court to working with co-conspirators to steal $24 million of COVID-19 relief money,,,

Postage, Fees, and Meter Revenue Refunds – Ft. Lauderdale, FL, Main Post Office

2021
21-145-R21
Audit
U.S. Postal Service OIG
U.S. Postal Service

OIG data analytics identified that the Ft. Lauderdale Main Post Office had issued $126,196 in refunds for spoiled/unused postage meter stamps and customers postage and fees paid for special services from February 1, 2020, to January 1, 2021. The Ft. Lauderdale Main Post Office was the ninth largest...

Pendleton County mail carrier sentenced for attempted election fraud

Pendleton County mail carrier sentenced for attempted election fraud
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Pendleton County mail carrier sentenced for attempted election fraud ELKINS, WEST VIRGINIA – Thomas Cooper, a mail carrier in Pendleton County, was sentenced today to five years of probation, with the first six months home confinement, for attempted election fraud, Acting U.S. Attorney Randolph J,,,

Postal Employee Charged with Stealing More Than $4,000 from Mail

Postal Employee Charged with Stealing More Than $4,000 from Mail
Article Type
Investigative Press Release
Publish Date

Postal Employee Charged with Stealing More Than $4,000 from Mail Acting U.S. Attorney Bridget M. Brennan announced that an indictment was unsealed today charging Sa’Shanna Estell, 26, of Cleveland, Ohio, with theft of mail by a postal employee. According to the indictment, between July and September,,,

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